All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 30, Issue 39-40 – Page 3
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New contributions by Salomon, Patagonia and others to a circular economy
Product designers at Salomon have spent more than 18 months working on a running shoe that can be fully recycled for the production of other equipment at the end of its life.
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Sympatex has released a sustainable functional jacket, inspired by circular...
Sympatex has released a sustainable functional jacket, inspired by circular economics and developed as part of the company's wear2wear European industry partnership, which aims to close the textile loop. The jacket has been designed by the Munich's Design2Recycle team of sustainable functional textile experts, in collaboration with Schoeller Textil, a ...
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Nike Swim is introducing Nike HydraStrong, a new high-performance, chlorine-resistant...
Nike Swim is introducing Nike HydraStrong, a new high-performance, chlorine-resistant fabric designed for high-intensity training and competition. The new fabric will be featured in the majority of the Nike Swim performance swimwear line for spring/summer 2020. Nike launched HydraStrong after conducting research globally among young, competitive athletes from high school ...
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China’s Topsports doesn’t disappoint with first results since IPO
After raising $1.01 billion in an initial public offering on the Hong Kong stock exchange last month, Topsports International Holdings, the sports retailing arm of Belle International, published strong results for the six months ended on Aug. 31. Sales rose by 12.4 percent as compared to the year-ago period to ...
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Sports Direct International is going to change its name to...
Sports Direct International is going to change its name to Frasers Group, following its acquisition of House of Frasers, the struggling British chain of department stores. The move, which is supposed to improve its image, is likely to be approved by shareholders at a meeting in mid-December as the company's ...
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Spin Capital, a Munich-based investment company, has expanded its sports...
Spin Capital, a Munich-based investment company, has expanded its sports portfolio with the acquisition of a majority stake in the Freeride Film Festival and the winter camp's organizer, The Freeride Experience. Spin acquired the avalanche backpack specialist ABS Protection two years ago and the eco-sports apparel label Pyua one year ...
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The share capital of Moncler has changed slightly. Venezio Investments,...
The share capital of Moncler has changed slightly. Venezio Investments, the investment vehicle controlled by Tamasek, the state investment fund of Singapore, has sold half of its stake of 22.68 percent in Ruffini Partecipazioni (RH) to Remo Ruffini, the chief executive of Moncler, in exchange for a direct 2.88 percent ...
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Jake Burton Carpenter, the founder of Burton Snowboards and one...
Jake Burton Carpenter, the founder of Burton Snowboards and one of the true snowboarding pioneers, died on Nov. 20 at the age of 65 of complications from a relapse of testicular cancer. Jake was instrumental in making snowboarding a major sports activity, an important business and an Olympic discipline. He ...
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Bringing its Genius project to Germany, Moncler opened a pop-up...
Bringing its Genius project to Germany, Moncler opened a pop-up store in Breuninger's main department store in Stuttgart on Nov. 7. Under this project, the Italian designer apparel and lifestyle brand will feature collaborations with various designers, such as Poldo, the dog couture brand, Craig Green, the British designer, and ...
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Munich, the Spanish brand of sneakers, has opened two stores...
Munich, the Spanish brand of sneakers, has opened two stores in Madrid – one at Las Rozas The Style Outlets and another at X-Madrid – raising its total points of sale overall to 19
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Honma Golf, the Japanese golf brand, has opened its first...
Honma Golf, the Japanese golf brand, has opened its first European store in Paris' Boulevard Pereire, in the Porte Maillot district of the French capital city
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Canterbury, a brand of Pentland Group, has renewed its partnership...
Canterbury, a brand of Pentland Group, has renewed its partnership with the British & Irish Lions for the team's tour of South Africa in 2021. The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team made up of selected players from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The Lions go on ...
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Peloton, the U.S. fitness brand, has launched a pop-up store...
Peloton, the U.S. fitness brand, has launched a pop-up store concept with Sport Schuster, the big Munich-based sports retailer. Since Nov. 20, the fitness brand has been presenting new indoor bikes with fixed screens in Sport Schuster's store in the center of Munich. Peloton is producing training content for the ...
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Tennis Europe, the European branch of the International Tennis Federation,...
Tennis Europe, the European branch of the International Tennis Federation, has extended its deal with Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS), the international market research company based in the U.K. The partnership was established in 2004 to delve into the sport's data. SMS is responsible for the Next Generation player study. It ...
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Nike will boycott new Russian transport route
Nike has made a formal pledge, which has been publicized in the Russia media, to never transport its goods through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in a bid to help protect the Arctic from environmental challenges. The NSR is a new alternative route for shipments between Asia and Europe, passing ...
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Lenzing and Dupont Biomaterials have teamed up on a new...
Lenzing and Dupont Biomaterials have teamed up on a new sustainable fabric collection, made predominantly of fibers derived from natural materials. The collaboration blends Tencel Lyocell and Tencel Modal fibers from Lenzing with Dupont Sorona fibers, to give soft garments greater resilience in stretch, recovery and dimensional stability. Sorona is ...
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Last month, The North Face launched its biggest-ever marketing campaign...
Last month, The North Face launched its biggest-ever marketing campaign across all channels and media to support the introduction of its new Futurelight technology around the world, including Europe. It has created test events for media, retailers and consumers in many countries. In the U.K., the biggest market for the ...
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Intersport opened its biggest flagship store in Europe on Nov....
Intersport opened its biggest flagship store in Europe on Nov. 14 in Graz, Austria. The family business Tscherne, which manages 12 Intersport stores in Austria, invested €6 million, and construction began three months ago. The 7,500-square-meter store includes a 100-square-meter ski hut as well as a tree house and ice ...
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Canada Goose benefits from earlier shipments
Canada Goose Holdings saw revenues for its second fiscal quarter ended on Sept. 29 jump by 27.7 percent from the year-ago quarter to 294.0 million Canadian dollars (€201.1m-$222.4m), or by 28.3 percent on a constant currency basis. However, it said that part of the growth was due to orders for ...
